| Baker / Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
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| Branding | WLFT 30 Baton Rouge's Christian Station Me-TV Baton Rouge (DT2) |
| Channels | Digital: 30 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Me-TV |
| Owner | Touch Family Broadcasting (Bethany World Prayer Center, Inc.) |
| Founded | August 31, 1998, (as a cable station), 2005 (over the air) |
| Call letters' meaning | We're Louisiana's Family Television |
| Former callsigns | K52CQ, WJOY, WLFT-CA |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 52 (UHF, 1998-2002) 30 (UHF, 2002-2011) |
| Former affiliations | Pax (as a cable-only channel) Family Net (early 2000s-2011) |
| Transmitter power | 150 kw |
| Website | wlft.com |
WLFT-CD is a low-power UHF television outlet, located on channel 30. It is locally owned via Touch Family Broadcasting and affiliated with Me-TV. It broadcasts local sports, The 700 Club, and other Christian ministry programming, from a 500-foot (150 m) tower in the greater Baton Rouge area. The tower is located on Interstate 10 near Siegen Lane across from Tinseltown.
The station originates at its studios at 13567 Plank Road in Baker, Louisiana.
The flagship program of the station, Lifeline with Larry Stockstill, is broadcast three times daily, at 6:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.
The station carries a unique combination of programming ministry programs like Enjoying Every Day Life with Joyce Meyer, Lakewood (with Joel Osteen), Life Today with James Robison and others.
WLFT started as Cox cable channel 4, with programming from the Pax network in 1998. It also broadcasted local religious programming on cable channel 17, as "WLFT/2".
In 2002, WLFT converted to all-religious programming and Pax was moved to cable channel 14, as a direct network feed.
In November 2002, WLFT-CA launched its new 500-foot (150 m) tower, allowing the station to increase its signal strength and reach more homes in communities like Hammond, Gonzales, New Roads and St. Francisville. In fall 2005, WLFT-CA would relocate from channel 52 (where the signal wasn't as strong) to channel 30.
In July 2011, the station would convert to digital and begin to carry prpogramming from Me-TV, broadcasting programs from that network from the late-afternoon until the early morning, while continuing to broadcast religious programming during the day; however, in the fall of 2011, the station launched a second HD subchannel, 30.2, which carried Me-TV's entire lineup.
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